quack 0 #1 October 25, 2006 No Googling!! Occasionally a sight bobs up without warning in a city, which starts a train of thought, sad or gay, according to how you look at it. And so, Lucy, Priscilla, and Virginia Adams, walking along Broadway, saw a crowd around a lamp post, upon which was a patrol-box; and, though our girls don't customarily follow up such sights, Lucy saw a man's form sprawling flat up against that post, as limp as a rag. Priscilia said, in disgust:"Ugh!! It's Norman Antor! Drunk again!!" And Virginia, hastily grasping both girls' arms and hurrying past, said: "So!! His vacation in jail didn't do him any good! But, still, it's too bad. Norman is a good looking, manly lad, with a good mind and a thorough schooling. And now look at him! A common drunk!!" Priscilla was sad, too, saying: "Awful! Awful for so young a chap. What is his Dad doing now?" Still in jail," was all Virginia could say; adding sadly: "I do pity poor young Mary, who sold Antor's liquor, you know. Doris says that lots of school-girls snub that kid. Now that's not right. It's downright horrid! Mary was brought up in what you almost might call a pool ofliquor. and I don't call it fair to snub a child for that; for you know that, not only 'Past' Councilman Antor, but also Madam Antor, got what our boys call 'litup' on many public occasions. Antor's pantry was full of it! Which way could that poor kid look without finding it? You know Mary is not so old as most of us; and I'm just going to go to that child and try to bring a ray of comfort into that young mind. That rum-guzzling Antor family!! Ugh!!' But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 October 25, 2006 Appart from it being an excerpt from Gadsby?You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quack 0 #3 October 25, 2006 QuoteAppart from it being an excerpt from Gadsby? Well yeah, but for those who don't know it. (googler...) or maybe not But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #4 October 25, 2006 QuoteQuoteAppart from it being an excerpt from Gadsby? Well yeah, but for those who don't know it. (googler...) or maybe notTry definately not did you actually think that a work of that size would not ne known by a lot of people?You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #5 October 25, 2006 so what's unusual about it?This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 October 25, 2006 Quoteso what's unusual about it? there's no extasy in any of the 50,000 words it took to write it. ((i.e. there is no letter "e")You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quack 0 #7 October 25, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteAppart from it being an excerpt from Gadsby? Well yeah, but for those who don't know it. (googler...) or maybe notTry definately not did you actually think that a work of that size would not ne known by a lot of people? Well it's not like it's a well known quote from the Bible. There's a lot of stuff out there that people aren't familiar with. But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
